Title:
Back Before Dark
Author:
Tim Shoemaker
Author Tim Shoemaker Delivers a
Spine-Tingling Follow-Up
Tale in the Code of Silence Series
Tale in the Code of Silence Series
Author Tim Shoemaker brings attention to
the startling number of child abductions in a riveting new novel in the Code of Silence series for teens and younger
readers. BACK BEFORE
DARK (Zonderkidz; $14.99; March 2013), follows Shoemaker’s precocious
teenage characters from the first book as they find themselves knee-deep in
another dangerous case.
It is a normal evening for
14-year-old cousins Cooper and Gordy, and their friends Hiro and Lunk, who are
out riding their bikes through the park. Then, all of a sudden, their lives are
drastically changed when Gordy is kidnapped right before their eyes.
With the police at a loss for leads, it’s up to Gordy’s determined friends—and Hiro’s gumshoe tactics—to find and rescue their pal. But none of them are prepared for the perils that lurk around every corner and threaten to split up the group, permanently. And Cooper’s often reckless rescue mission puts his and Gordy’s lives at risk.
With the police at a loss for leads, it’s up to Gordy’s determined friends—and Hiro’s gumshoe tactics—to find and rescue their pal. But none of them are prepared for the perils that lurk around every corner and threaten to split up the group, permanently. And Cooper’s often reckless rescue mission puts his and Gordy’s lives at risk.
Shoemaker’s penchant for
suspense will keep readers clinging to each page, anxious to find out what
happens as the teens venture down one dark path only to find to another.
Fans will be left guessing all the way up to the book’s shocking conclusion.
At the end of the story,
Shoemaker provides readers with discussion points and a question and answer
guide from an actual police officer that teach kids how to take proper safety precautions
in the event of an abduction.
Complete with information that both adolescents and their parents can review, BACK BEFORE DARK is the perfect combination of thrilling realistic fiction and helpful truths. Readers will also learn that friendship, perseverance and faith can get them through any situation, no matter how impossible it seems.
Complete with information that both adolescents and their parents can review, BACK BEFORE DARK is the perfect combination of thrilling realistic fiction and helpful truths. Readers will also learn that friendship, perseverance and faith can get them through any situation, no matter how impossible it seems.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tim Shoemaker is a speaker
and author of several books, including 2012’s The Code of Silence. He has three grown sons and has been happily
married for more than 32 years. His popular fictional stories are often
inspired by his experience with kids as
a volunteer youth leader for more than sixteen years. He lives in Rolling
Meadows, Illinois.
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